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"Maple Bridge Night Mooring"

Ike no Taiga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The artwork, titled "Maple Bridge Night Mooring" by Ike no Taiga, depicts a gold-colored, two-panel artwork with a vertical rectangular design. The panels are side by side, joined in the middle with a thin black line. The gold-colored background has a textured appearance with darker patches and lines throughout. Each panel features a long, narrow gray rectangle in the center, containing black Japanese calligraphy written in a flowing, abstract style. The calligraphy on the left and right panels are mirror images of each other. The background behind the artwork is black.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1770
Medium
Two-panel folding screen; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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